as in obstacle
something that makes movement or progress difficult
the many hurdles he had to overcome on the road to success
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Recent Examples of hurdle
Tiffany Grant, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
While a hopeless romantic, for example, may see geographical distance as a simple logistical hurdle, a pragmatist may deem it and its consequences more problematic.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025
Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Bitcoin hurdles milestone Bitcoin jumped above the key $100,000 milestone on reports Trump is considering a crypto reserve but slipped into negative territory by the end of the day.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Nevertheless, such situations have often fueled entrepreneurship, prompting individuals to transform temporary hurdles into self-employment opportunities.
—Tiffany Grant, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
While a hopeless romantic, for example, may see geographical distance as a simple logistical hurdle, a pragmatist may deem it and its consequences more problematic.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
All the things that have made the Clippers one of the surprises of the NBA season threaten to make the Lakers a disappointment, hurdles the team has yet to conquer and ones that, barring roster reconstruction, just might never happen.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Bitcoin hurdles milestone Bitcoin jumped above the key $100,000 milestone on reports Trump is considering a crypto reserve but slipped into negative territory by the end of the day.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurdle
Noun
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Trump, much like Putin, sees Ukraine as an inconvenience, an obstacle, something that should be grateful to even have a seat at the table.—
Illia Ponomarenko,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
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In Court Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Thursday, March 6th ‘Hamilton’ Cancels Kennedy Center Show Run In Protest Of Trump’s ‘Purge’ Despite these obstacles, female founders demonstrate remarkable resilience and innovation.—
Geri Stengel,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Netflix added 37 million new subscribers in 2020, while Disney+ leaped to over 70 million subscribers.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Yet leaping to an all-electric mandate without the right infrastructure is an economic disaster waiting to happen, and this new electrical rate increase — up to 11.4% per household— is the first of many financial jolts to our personal budgets.—
Kris DeLair,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Every once in a while, a pitfall of community theater is glimpsed, but only momentarily, and here the heartfelt sense of fun overcomes any little shortcoming.—
Matthew J. Palm,
Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2025
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This Netflix documentary follows three young Brooklyn sisters who join a community track team and, through their dedication to running (and with the support of their team), strive to overcome homelessness, family trauma, and financial struggles.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Unfortunately, there are two barriers to accessibility.—
Julian Chokkattu,
WIRED,
28 Feb. 2025
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Modern platforms remove those barriers, giving firms the ability to build new features, integrate better tools and actually keep up with what investors want.—
Charlie Gautreaux,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The Pride jumped out to a 22-3 at the end of the first, had a 40-16 advantage at intermission and led 60-25 lead after the third.—
Alex Kushel,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2025
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By the end of March, however, the microalgae’s carbon uptake had jumped, along with the number of cells and the concentration of chlorophyll—proxies for growth and photosynthesis.—
Asher Elbein,
WIRED,
2 Mar. 2025
Verb
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And especially to my father, Bruce Paltrow, who has surmounted insurmountable obstacles this year.—
Lydia Price,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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Republicans have additional obstacles to surmount for their party-line bill, including figuring out where to make $2.5 trillion in spending cuts that were mandated by deficit hawks in exchange for a $1.5 trillion debt limit increase in the latest appropriations package passed in December.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2025
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After skipping most of the awards shows she was invited to before her tweets were discovered, Gascón is expected to attend the Oscars on Sunday, Variety reported.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Because Mars is associated with, well, things shaped like penises, the conventional beauty wisdom for Mars retrograde is to skip anything involving needles, like tattoo, piercing, and injectable appointments.—
Sophie Saint Thomas,
Allure,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Lagging Behind Walmart In the vital fourth quarter and the past year, Walmart bested Target at every turn.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Indy Autonomous Challenge This also bests the previous record of 192.2 mph (309.3 km/h), set by the PoliMOVE race team (a joint project between the Politecnico di Milano and the University of Alabama) in an IAC AV-21 race car back in April 2022.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Hurdle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurdle. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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